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NEIPA'd adj. Softened by drink into a hazy, citrus-scented account of the previous evening, with the details left out. Mikele woke NEIPA'd, offering a hazy citrus account of events that satisfied nobody. NELG'd adj. Too drunk to emit anything broadly intelligible, but still producing a thin line of speech. Miah got NELG'd and addressed the staircase in one continuous, narrow transmission. NEM'd adj. Emboldened by drink to read every meter in the building as evidence for a new policy. Suheily went NEM'd and proposed billing the pub by candlelight. NEMO'd adj. Sufficiently drunk to modulate the evening’s essential factor, which appears to be whether chips are necessary. Saviyon was NEMO'd and treated the chip order as a matter of national importance. NEMP'd adj. You have drunk enough to knock out every electrical system between the bar and your front door. Marlon was NEMP'd and rendered the card machine, phone and taxi app equally useless. NEMT'd adj. Still drunk, and requiring patient transport by whatever route avoids stairs, urgency, and unnecessary medical drama. Tashad was NEMT'd after the pub and conveyed gently to the taxi without attempting the steep pavement. NEO'd adj. Having drunk enough to bring every small decision into dangerous proximity with the evening. Bobbyetta got NEO'd and brought the salt cellar within conversational range. NER'd adj. Still drunk, and identifying every person, object and regrettable event before finding the coffee. Vannara was NER'd, labelling the kettle, the cat and the witness to last night's singing. NERD'd adj. The state of being drunk and refluxing discreetly, preferably while attempting the stairs. Liisa got NERD'd and paused on every step to reconsider the evening's acidity. NES'd (/ɛn iː ɛsd/) adj. Drunk and raiding the kitchen at midnight, while Yui and Evie-elizabeth hide the biscuits. Yui found Evie-elizabeth NES'd, conducting a second supper for everyone who had already gone home. NESB'd adj. You have drunk enough to communicate chiefly by pointing, nodding, and indicating the next round. Marsali was NESB'd at the bar, pointing at the pumps while making a persuasive case with one eyebrow. NEST'd adj. Drunk beyond the point where native English speech remains native, coherent, or particularly English. Shreyes was NEST'd, teaching the stairs pronunciation while missing every second step. NET'd adj. Slowed by drink to casting a sticky social snare around each conversation before moving on. Jermiane went NET'd and trapped Cardier beside the bar with one unfinished anecdote. NETosised adj. Softened by drink into a loose net, catching every conversation and blocking the exit. Selvyn became NETosised near closing, gathering stray remarks and several departing customers. NEV'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating at low speed within a strictly domestic range. Duval was NEV'd, travelling cautiously from the sofa to the kitchen tap. NEXPTIME'd adj. Sharpened by drink into calculating impossible routes home in exponential time. Saleema was NEXPTIME'd and spent last orders solving the taxi journey by increasingly elaborate diagrams.